{"id":1754285,"date":"2022-11-28T19:57:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T00:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754285"},"modified":"2022-11-28T20:07:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T01:07:37","slug":"non-binary-biden-senior-energy-official-charged-with-felony-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/non-binary-biden-senior-energy-official-charged-with-felony-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNon-Binary\u201d Biden Senior Energy Official Charged With Felony Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnon-binary-biden-senior-energy-official-charged-with-felony-theft%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">Sam Brinton, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">senior Energy Department (DOE) official<\/a>, was charged with stealing a traveler&#8217;s luggage in the Minneapolis airport in September, shortly before quietly taking a leave of absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Brinton \u2014 who serves as the DOE&#8217;s deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegedly took a Vera Bradley suitcase<\/a> worth $2,325 from the luggage carousel at the Minneapolis St. Paul Airport (MSP) on Sept. 16, according to a criminal complaint filed on Oct. 26 in Minnesota state court and obtained by Fox News Digital. Brinton had traveled from Washington, D.C., to MSP that day.<\/p>\n<p>After the suitcase&#8217;s owner alerted police, officers reviewed video surveillance of the carousel and identified Brinton taking the luggage before removing its tag identifying the owner, the court filings stated. Law enforcement observed Brinton using the luggage during at least two other trips to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18 and Oct. 9.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on Oct. 9, Brinton denied stealing anything when a police officer called to discuss the incident. Brinton confirmed still possessing the suitcase.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bidens-energy-secretary-took-meeting-bill-gates-immediately-senate-confirmation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BIDEN&#8217;S ENERGY SECRETARY TOOK MEETING WITH BILL GATES IMMEDIATELY AFTER SENATE CONFIRMATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Sam-Brinton_DOE.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Sam Brinton, the Department of Energy&#039;s deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition, speaks in 2018.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Sam Brinton, the Department of Energy&#8217;s deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition, speaks in 2018.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(The Trevor Project\/YouTube\/Screenshot)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If I had taken the wrong bag, I am happy to return it, but I don\u2019t have any clothes for another individual,&#8221; Brinton told the officer. &#8220;That was my clothes when I opened the bag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Two hours after the phone call, Brinton called the officer back and apologized for not being &#8220;completely honest.&#8221; But Brinton said it was a mistake and blamed being tired for taking the wrong bag at the carousel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/european-officials-says-us-profiting-ukraine-war-call-inflation-reduction-act-very-worrying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EUROPEAN OFFICIALS SAY US PROFITING FROM UKRAINE WAR, CALL INFLATION REDUCTION ACT &#8216;VERY WORRYING&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DEFENDANT said when they opened the bag at the hotel, they realized it was not theirs,&#8221; the court filings stated. &#8220;DEFENDANT got nervous people would think they stole the bag and did not know what to do. DEFENDANT stated they left the clothes from the bag inside the drawers in the hotel room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brinton was ultimately charged with felony theft of a movable property without consent, a charge that could result in a five-year sentence, $10,000 fine or both.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/SAM-BRINTON-PORTRAIT.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Brinton&#039;s official government portrait.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Brinton&#8217;s official government portrait.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Department of Energy)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Minnesota-based outlet Alpha News first reported the charges against Brinton on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Brinton was placed on leave about a month ago and another official was named as a replacement in the interim earlier this month, according to the Exchange Monitor which tracks government hires. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOE didn&#8217;t explain why<\/a> Brinton took leave at the time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In June, Brinton made headlines after assuming the position in the DOE&#8217;s Office of Nuclear Energy as one of the government&#8217;s first-ever non-binary officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s been a lot of people who are quite upset that don\u2019t think that I am quite as qualified as others,&#8221; Brinton told E&#038;E News in October. &#8220;I respond with multiple graduate degrees from MIT, a decade of working in nuclear policy and the strongest enthusiasm for working in nuclear waste out of anybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The DOE and Brinton&#8217;s lawyer didn&#8217;t immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Brinton, a senior Energy Department (DOE) official, was charged with stealing a traveler&#8217;s luggage in the Minneapolis airport in September, shortly before quietly taking a leave of absence.Brinton \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1754288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1754285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1754285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1754288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1754285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1754285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}